Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1316 · Decided 11 August 2022
Wyeth Limited & ORS. v. State of Bihar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1316 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1132
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1224/2022
- Decided
- 11 August 2022
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420; CrPC Section 482, 200
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 - Quashing of FIR/complaint - When - Held: Complaint is to be quashed when no offence is made out by a careful reading of the complaint - On facts, respondent no. 2 filed private complaint u/s. 200 Cr.P.C, which was referred 156(3) to the police for registration of FIR against the appellants u/ss. 406, 420, 408, 460, 471, 384, 311, 193, 196/120-B IPC - Reading of the complaint, shows that none of the ingredients of any of the offences complained against the appellants made out, thus, it cannot be said that
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